1．Travel around England


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2．　　A woman and a lawyer sat next to each other on a flight from LA to NY. The lawyer asked if she would like to play a fun game.
　　The woman, tired, just wanted to take a rest, politely declined and leaned over to the window. The lawyer kept and explained that the game is easy and a lot of fun. He explained, "I ask you a question and if you don't know the answer, you pay me $50. and vice verse."
　　Again, she declined and tried to get some sleep.
　　The lawyer went on saying, "Okay, if you don't know the answer, you pay me $5, and if I don't know the answer, I will pay you $50!" Considering that there would be no end to this topic unless she played, the lady agreed.
　　The lawyer asked the first question, "How far is it from the earth to the moon? " The young lady didn't say a word, took out five dollars from her handbag and handed it to the lawyer.
　　Now, it was the lady's turn. She asked the lawyer, "What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down with four? " The lawyer was greatly puzzled. He took out his computer and searched all of information. He searched the Net and sent e-mails to all of his friends, but no one could help him. After over an hour, he woke up the lady and handed her $50. The lady politely took the money and tuned away.
　　The lawyer, very puzzled now, woke the lady up again and asked, "Well, what on earth is the answer?" Without a word, the lady reached into her handbag, handed the lawyer another $5 and went back to sleep.

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3．　　When we think of flying taxis, we usually think of pictures from sci-fi movies. Well, here's a real one. It's a drone. As we know, people usually use drones to photos or make pictures. With the development of science and technology, this drone, the Flying Taxi, is made to carry passengers. At first, the big machine had a pilot on board but it changed when technology developed. The machine flies in the sky all by itself!
　　In Moscow, a company recently tested a flying taxi. The taxi can carry two people. It can fly at 200 km per hour. That's much faster than a car. The taxi weighs 300 kg and can fly as high as 100 km above the ground, and it can fly based on GPS tracks, according to Sputnik News. It can take off and land like a helicopter.
　　The company plans to put its flying taxis into use in 2025. Passengers will order a flying taxi through an app on their phone. When the taxi comes they can choose where they want to go on a touchscreen. There is no pilot in the flying taxi. But there will be some special people on the ground watching it. They will make sure the trip is safe.

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4．　　Jack Haines comes from Firming Birmingham, the second largest city in England. (1)       However he has become a hero after saving a little girl called Rosie Appleby.
　　On that day, Jack was on holiday with his family. He was walking towards a river with a box for fishing when he saw Rosie riding down a hill. (2)       One of Rosie's arms was caught under her bike, so she tried to use the other to signal for help.
　　Jack threw down his box and ran towards Rosie. (3)       The quick-thinking teenager got the girl's arm and tried his best to get her out of the water. Luckily the little girl didn't get hurt at all. Later, Rosie's eldest brother and parents came over. (4)      
　　"If Jack wasn't there, who knows what would happen? It was very brave of him to save our girl." Rosie's mother said. They gave Jack some presents and money to thank him. (5)       But the nice schoolboy used the money to buy some presents for Rosie's eighth birthday.

根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项使短文意思通顺、内容完整。
A. Jack was happy to save Rosie's life.
B. They felt so thankful that Rosie was safe.
C. The girl lost control of her bike and fell into the river.
D. As a student at school, he looks just like other boys at his age.
E. He could see the girl waving her hand in the air above the water.

5．先通读全文，掌握其大意，然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个可以填入相应空白处的最佳答案。
　　In the early 1900s, people in England often traveled by steam train. On the trains, there were many compartments. About six people (1)       sit in one compartment.
　　One day, six people were (2)       in a compartment on a train. Five of them were (3)       and very polite. Some of them were reading books and (4)       were sleeping.
　　But the sixth was a rude young man who was making a lot of (5)       for the other passengers. He was smoking and taking his shoes off. "Baji Baji" sound dropped into people's (6)       when he ate. He even sang songs (7)       from time to time.
　　At last, the young man got out at a station with his two heavy bags. None of the other passengers (8)       him.
　　But one of them watched the rude young man and (9)       until he was very far away. Then, the man on the train opened the (10)       and shouted to the rude young man: "Hey, you (11)       something behind in the compartment!" Then he closed the window.
　　The young man (12)       and hurried back with his two heavy bags. He was very (13)       when he arrived, with his mouth (14)       and panting. He shouted through the window: "What did I leave behind? Give it to me!"
　　(15)       the train began to move again, the passenger who had called him back opened the window and said: "A very bad impression!"

6．第一节 阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

　　People ride bicycles all over the world. But there are many (1)       between China and other countries.
　　In China, you may (2)       that many people don't wear helmets when they (3)       bikes. They may think helmets are useless. But in many other countries kids have to wear (4)       when they ride their bikes. In some places of the USA, it's against the law for kids under 16 to ride without helmets.
　　Many people say that helmets are like seat belts for riders. Wearing one can (5)       the rider from injury to the head.
　　In China, bicycles have their own special lanes on the road. People can ride next to cars. In the US, roads are (6)       for cars. People don't ride their bikes to school or work. But Netherlands has more bikes than people (7)       it doesn't cause pollution. The whole country has good bicycle lanes.
　　Do you ride your bike to school? In China this is very (8)      . But in the USA, kids only ride their bikes for (9)       on the weekend. They see bicycling (10)       a sport. Many cities have special parks. People turn old railways into bike roads, and they can ride from town to town.

7．　　Last week Ronnie went to the movies at the Rialto Cinema. There was (1)       hot movie The Pursuit of Happiness. It's said that the movie is so touching (2)       it had earned lots of tears. He was looking forward to seeing it. But because of two women loudly chatting together who were sitting in the row in front of him, Ronnie (3)       not able to hear the dialogue clearly. He was a shy man. He didn't know (4)      to stop them. He waited and waited. After a while, Ronnie couldn't stand it any more. He leaned forward and said (5)       a low voice, "Excuse me, ladies, but I can't hear." "I should hope not," stormed the woman, "This is a private (私人的) conversation."

8．根据下面的对话情景，在每个空白处填上一个适当的句子，使对话意思连贯完整。
A: Hello, Mark! You look worried. (1)      ?
B: My mother looks unhappy these days.
A: (2)      ?
B: Because she always works hard. And sometimes she looks tired.
A: (3)      ?
B: No, I seldom chat with her.
A: Oh, I see. I think you should do something for her.
B: But I don't know what to do.
A: (4)      ?
B: Sounds great. I'll have a try.
A: You can also ask your dad to do something for her. For example, he can help your mother to do the housework.
B: Good idea. (5)      .
A: You're welcome.

9．作为一名中学生，你每天都很忙，很少有时间做自己想做的事。假如你有一天的时间可以自由支配，你会选择做什么？请以"I choose (to)……" 为题。并根据要点和要求，用英语写一篇短文。
要点：
1. 你会选择做什么；
2. 为什么这样选择；
3. 为了这件事你会做哪些准备。
要求：
1. 语言通顺，意思连贯，条理清楚，书写规范；
2. 90词左右。